Knapp Electric, Inc.: Secrets of
Master Magic Set No. 2 ©1929 Knapp Electric, Inc., NY Softcover, stapled, 21 pages |
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Comments: Instruction manual for a Magic Set manufactured in 1929. I've seem some references that these sets were put out by Sherms Magic.
Contents (from book):
1 The Making of a Master Magician
1 The Importance of Secrecy
1 What Magic Is
1 Remember That Practice Makes Perfect
2 How To Make An Audience Look Where You Want Them To
2 When Something Goes Wrong
2 Patter - What It Is And How To Use It
3 Korean Coin Box: a simple Okito box move, coin penetrates box
and card
4 Master Cards: "Due to lack of space here, instructions for the
Master Cards are included inside the card case"
5 Dr. Wu's Blocks and Balls: a string passes through two blocks, a
ball vanishes and appears between the blocks
7 The Chinese Tissue Paper Trick: a string of tissue paper is cut
and restored using a Mirror glass
8 Houdini Chain Escape: escape from a chain, I've seen it called
the Siberian Chain Escape in later years
10 Silk a Tube: a silk changes color in a metal tube
12 Chink-A-Disks: disks with holes in the center are magically
removed from a string, leaving just the one disk that was holding
them there
14 Multiplying Billiard Balls: simple routine using a standard set
of four
15 Vanishing Silk: using a TT
16 The Slave's Ring: a bracelet sized ring magically appears on a
rope tied between the wrists
17 A Master Magic Act: the effects routined into an act, with
patter
21 Other Master Magic Set for the Master Magician" adertisement
for sets 1 and 3
22 (back cover) Order Blank: Magic set no. 1 was $1, no. 2 was
$3.50, and no. 3 was $5.00